Notes

Harry Tully was the brother of Jack and David Tully. He lived at 'Duntroon' from 1889 to 1903 where his father was station manager. The family then moved to 'The Springs' near Captains Flat where Tully completed his schoolling and was sent to the Sydney Technical College to study woolclassing. He enlisted in August 1915 at Liverpool near Sydney and embarked as a Trooper with the 6th reinforcements to the 12th Light Horse Regiment in November 1915 before joining the 12th Light Horse Regiment in March 1916. His regiment were part of the Suez Canal defences and spent much of the next year patrolling the Sinai desert. On 19 April 1917 they were part of the ill-fated Second Battle of Gaza but by September Tully had fallen victim to an epidemic of septic sores caused by poor diet and living conditions. He recovered to take part in the charge of the light horse at Beersheba in Palestine on 31 October 1917 during which he received a bomb wound to the thigh. Tully rejoined his unit in January 1918 but was hospitalised in February with a septic finger. He rejoined his regiment in May 1918 and spent the summer in the heat and harsh conditions of the Jordan valley. In August 1918 the light horsemen were issued with swords and trained in cavalry tactics which they, including the 12th Light Horse Regiment, used in the Battle of Sharon in September 1918. The British forces quickly rolled up the Turk defenders and Tully and his regiment entered Damascus on 1 October 1918. The following month he succumbed to malaria. He returned to Australia in August 1919 and was discharged on 18 November 1919.

After the war Tully worked as a wool classer and travelled around woolsheds in New South Wales, particularly in the Brewarrina district. He briefly held a soldier settler block near Mount Stromlo in the 1920s but he preferred to work in the shearing sheds rather than settle in one spot. He married Stella Oldfield (from Brewarrina) in 1932 in Sydney and they had two children. Tully eventually retired to Castlecrag in Sydney and by 1955 was living in Manly. He died on 25 February 1978.